1. أحقّ بغضّ الطرف ما عاش من إذا

    رنا غضّ عنه طرفه من يلاحظُه

    Most deserving of lowering his gaze all his life is he who, when

    he gazes, is met with averted eyes by whoever looks at him.

  2. تعود إليه العين حسرى كليلة

    كما عاد محسورا على الفحش لافظه

    The eye returns to him weary and dulled,

    Just as the utterer of obscenity returns dejected over it.

  3. وللعين مرعى في الملاح وطالما

    أضاع الهوى ما المرء بالحزم حافظه

    And the eye has a pasture among the beautiful, and often

    Passion has squandered what a man safeguards with prudence.